Settlement Change

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a place where people live
settlement
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the location of a settlement relevant to its surroundings
situation
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the direction a mountain faces
aspect
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a site located on the flood plain
wet point site
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a site located above the flood plain
dry point site
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bridging points, telephone, internet
communication
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a settlement where the buildings are very spread out
dispersed settlement
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a settlement where the buildings are built along a road or river with little room to grow outwards
linear settlement
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a settlement where the buildings are close together and built around a road or river junction
nucleated settlement
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the movement of people from urban to rural
counter urbanisation
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an unattractive element of an area that makes you want to move out
push factor
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a attractive element of an area that makes you want to move into it
pull factor
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the dramatic decrease of a population in an area
depopulation
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an area of protected land around urban cities
green belt
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the growth of a city
urban sprawl
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a site which has never been built on before
greenfield site
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a site which has been built on before
brownfield site
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developing something from scratch
redevelopement
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renovating a building
renewal
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when industries close as they are no longer profitable
deindustrialisation
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Card 2

Front

the location of a settlement relevant to its surroundings

Back

situation

Card 3

Front

the direction a mountain faces

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

a site located on the flood plain

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

a site located above the flood plain

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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